First off, apologies for these video clips being a bit bouncy. I shot them through the screen behind home plate and was trying to keep the netting out of the frame. It was super windy, plus I was freezing because my clothes were damp from getting caught in a downpour earlier in the morning. I ran out of gas. I… I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT!

I’m all about the excuses. Two points to whoever identifies the above movie quote.

Even as teammates, Reyes continues to torment Nolasco. He drove the second pitch of Nolasco’s intrasquad game outing Sunday over the right-field wall for a leadoff homer at Roger Dean Stadium. As a member of the Mets, Reyes was 16-for-47 (.340) with a double, triple, three homers and a .963 OPS off Nolasco.

“I wanted to make him feel good about himself,” Nolasco joked. “A sinker just cut over the plate. Get [the homers] out of the way now. Honestly, yeah, I kind of laugh at that. Of course, first hitter I see. That’s good, good for the confidence. That’s fine. No big deal. Just going out there and trying not to pretty much hit anybody while you’re working on your stuff.”

At the end of the clip you’ll get a good view the special handshake Reyes and Hanley Ramirez devised.

Nolasco and Carlos Zambrano each pitched a five-out, first inning for their respective sides. Zambrano gave up a leadoff single to Aaron Rowand and eliminated him with a Donnie Murphy double play grounder. Outfielder Kyle Jensen’s RBI-groundout off Rob Rasmussen proved the deciding run during the three-inning contest. The clip below is Zambrano pitching to Scott Cousins.